Hermann Kesten, German writer, 80th birthday
Jan. 28, 1980 - January 28th 1980: 80th Birthday of Hermann Kesten.. 80 years old on 28 January 1980 the writer Hermann Kesten who lives at the present time in Rome, Italy. Kesten was born in Nuremberg, WestGermany, studied at the universities of Erlangen and Frankfurt history and literature, was from 1927 till 1933 in Berlin and from 1933 till 1940 in Amsterdam, Netherlands literary publisher. Joseph looks for freedom was his first novel, published in 1927 which brought him the Kleist-prize. Besides his novels he wrote a lot of biographies, plays, stories and essays. From 1972 till 1976 Hermann Kesten was president of the PEN-Center of West-Germany. Among his many awards is the Georg-Buechner-Prize which he won in 1974
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